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oooooooooh the faux outrage about the use of N**i all of a sudden?

way to derail the topic

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Ted Nugent use to talk about running for President. He would have a chance. We have elected some characters. A known crack smoking Mayor, a former pro wrestler and a former steroid head D-List actor became Governors.

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Anyone that is still conservative and/or Republican now has to decide whether they support a pro-Nazi in their ranks. All the Democrats seem to be around what the Nazis were, but the fringe Republicans and all the of the Tea Party seems to embrace them. Most moderates hate the Nazi, and more likely to side with Democrats.

Regardless of one's views of Tea Party adherents, likening them to potential Nazis... is inappropriate and offensive. There is simply no comparison between followers of the Nazis... and followers of a democratic political movement in the United States. Such comparisons only serve to trivialize the Holocaust and are deeply offensive to Jews and other survivors, as well as those Americans who fought valiantly against the Nazis in World War II.

~Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director

K.

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Anyone that is still conservative and/or Republican now has to decide whether they support a pro-Nazi in their ranks. All the Democrats seem to be around what the Nazis were, but the fringe Republicans and all the of the Tea Party seems to embrace them. Most moderates hate the Nazi, and more likely to side with Democrats.

Regardless of one's views of Tea Party adherents, likening them to potential Nazis... is inappropriate and offensive. There is simply no comparison between followers of the Nazis... and followers of a democratic political movement in the United States. Such comparisons only serve to trivialize the Holocaust and are deeply offensive to Jews and other survivors, as well as those Americans who fought valiantly against the Nazis in World War II.

~Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director

K.

I've long been deeply skeptical of the Right's embrace of anti-racism. It is undoubtedly true that there are many genuine anti-racists on the Right side of politics, though these numbers thin out the further one proceeds from the centre.

It is equally true that there are many genuine racists on the Right side of politics and that these people often find it convenient to adopt nominally anti-racist positions because open racism is no longer acceptable. Someone coming from this position would see nothing wrong with calling Obama a "sub-human mongrel" yet would object to those articulating such vile racism being described as 'nazis'.

That Foxman is quoted in support of this position comes as no surprise - Foxman has made a career out of abusing the principles of anti-racism by insisting that any criticism of his personal ideology of Zionism can only be racist. Foxman's denial of any correspondence between describing Obama as a "sub human mongrel" and Nazi's untermensch slur merely highlights his hypocrisy.

It we are to believe that the Right has put its racist past behind it, then we need to hear loud denunciations of Nugent and his ilk coming from the Right side of politics, not devious attempts at undermining the vociferous criticism Nugent's discourse deserves.

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Just off the top of my head: huge dem supporters and analogous to terrible ted:

1) Woody Allen
2) Morgan Freeman

In other news: How's that darling of the left, racist, anti-Semite Baldwin doing these days? Have the dems pulled his card?

Do the dems return any of their contribution checks? Fuck no!

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17 hours ago
Nugent apologizes for using term 'subhuman mongrel'
Posted by
CNN's Ashley Killough and CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser
Updated 1:03 p.m.

(CNN) - Conservative activist and rocker Ted Nugent apologized Friday for using the term "subhuman mongrel" to describe President Barack Obama.

"I do apologize–not necessarily to the President–but on behalf of much better men than myself," he said in an interview with conservative radio host Ben Ferguson, who's also a CNN political commentator.




Texas attorney general Greg Abbott, the likely GOP gubernatorial nominee this year, came under heavy criticism from Democrats this week for campaigning with Nugent, who's known for making outlandish comments about the President.

Nugent said he apologizes "for using the streetfighter terminology of 'subhuman mongrel' instead of just using more understandable language, such as 'violator of his oath to the Constitution'."

In his apology, Nugent appeared to regret more the fact that his language has been tied to Republican politicians from his state, such as Abbott, Gov. Rick Perry, and Sen. Ted Cruz.


"I apologize for using the term," he said. "I will try to elevate my vernacular to the level of those great men that I'm learning from in the world of politics."

Later on in the interview–after some people on Twitter argued Nugent's comments weren't a real apology–Ferguson asked Nugent if he was directly apologizing to the President for the comments.

"Yes," Nugent replied.

While Perry and Cruz both said they found Nugent's original comment inappropriate, they didn't rule out campaigning with him.

Sen. Rand Paul, however, made headlines when he called on Nugent to apologize Thursday night.

"Ted Nugent's derogatory description of President Obama is offensive and has no place in politics. He should apologize," the Kentucky Republican tweeted.

Asked by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer Thursday in an interview "The Situation Room" about Nugent, Perry said "The idea that Ted Nugent has said something that's outrageous shouldn't surprise anybody."

Perry, who's considering a second bid for the Republican presidential nomination, added that Nugent "shouldn't have said something like that about the President of the United States."


And Cruz distanced himself with what Nugent said in an exclusive interview Wednesday with CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash.

"Those sentiments there, of course, I don't agree with them. You've never heard me say such a thing and nor would I," Cruz said.

But the GOP senator, who's also entertaining a 2016 run, embraced Nugent's outspoken stance in support of the Second Amendment.

"I will note, there are reasons Ted Nugent - people listen to him, which is that he has been fighting passionately for Second Amendment rights. And - and this administration has demonstrated an incredible hostility to the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens," Cruz said.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/21/nugent-apologizes-for-using-term-subhuman-mongrel/


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